Seshadri's Musings

More web-series… Kota Factory – Kota Factory is TVF's latest original. India's first 'Black and White' show highlights the problems present day IIT-JEE aspirants face in their day-to-day lives. Season 1 came in 2019 and Season 2 in 2021. Season 3 is also expected. One of the reviews from IMDB... I was in the middle of binge-watching all the web series on TVF Play when this came (I prefer calling shows like this web series and the ones on Netflix and Prime TV-shows). I was trying my best to finish Pitchers so that I could move on to this. I had seen too many memes and saw all my friends sharing the stories on WhatsApp about them watching the last episode. So finally, when I got the chance to watch this, I did it immediately. Kota Factory is probably the best web series that TVF has made so far, and that's saying something provided Yeh Meri Family also exists. Kota Factory is a story set in Kota, where a

I had gone for the 1 st Pixel phone that was launched some six years back.  Used it for about 5.5 years and have great memories of the photos that I took with it.  A couple of months back, when Jayesh (my son) complained that his Realme phone was not working well, I gave the Pixel to him and shifted to his Realme phone.  I had heard that Pixel 6 was coming soon and wanted to buy that.  But that was still a few months away at that time.  The Realme phone was not that great.  In the meanwhile, my daughter too wanted a phone of her own, so I purchased Redmi Note 10 Pro during a sale.  Since it had a dual sim, both my daughter and me were using the same phone between us 😊 .  When Flipkart Diwali sale came, I saw Pixel 4a at a reduced price of Rs 25K.  With the exchange of the old Pixel phone and some credit card offers, it was available at around Rs 22K!  With that, Flipkart was also offering a Google Nest Mini (a mini-Alexa) for Rs 1 (instead of the usual Rs 2K+) with Rs 40 as courier c

More web-series reviews… 13 Commandments (13 Gobbeon) – Belgium series. Came out in 2017. A serial killer reverts to the 10 commandments in order to kick society a conscience with his crimes. One of the reviews from IMDB... This thirteen-part Belgian crime thriller sees the police searching for an attacker who has been targeting people based on the Ten Commandments; each attack is accompanied by the appropriate commandment. While the attacks are brutal, they are not fatal... that of course would break the commandment against killing. The attacker, dubbed 'Mozes' gains some sympathy amongst those who believe society has moved too far from Christian Ideals. The investigation is led by Peter Devriendt and his new partner Vicky Degraeve; each of whom have their own problems. Peter's daughter seems to be somewhat off the rails and Vicky's mother is in hospital with no chance of recovery following a car accident som

More web-series reviews… The Widower – A three-part drama based on the crimes of convicted murderer Malcolm Webster.  Came out in 2013. One of the reviews from IMDB... I knew nothing about this case before watching The Widower. I found it to be compelling, yet appalling viewing. I found myself rooting actively for the victims, including speaking out loud to the second and third ones. I also found myself having very strong, visceral reactions to Webster which made me realize what a fantastic acting job Reese Shearsmith did. He was PERFECT, nailing the part of a man playing a victim himself, appealing to the empathic, care-taking natures of many women. Yes, he was charming, as Victim #2 says, and he was also smarmy. Even writing this I'm grimacing and feel like throwing something! One of the other reviews here complained that the TV version was not really like reality. Well, there often is a big difference between fiction and non-fiction. And, having read at least one article